Alicia's Misfortune (48 page)

Colby pulled on his boots as he sat on the edge of the bed
watching Ruth type away furiously at her laptop.

“Sounds like you’re about to break that thing in half!” Ruth
smiled as she continued typing.

“I just want to get it done, I have much better things to do
than sit here writing this.” Colby walked up behind her and peered over her
shoulder.

“What is it that you do anyway?” Ruth hit the period key and
saved her document before leaning back to look at Colby.

“I’m an accountant.” Colby looked surprised.

“What the hell is an accountant doin’ out here in Evergreen?
They don’t need gals like you back in…” He stopped short realizing that Ruth
hadn’t actually told him where she was from.

“Wyoming.” She said. “There are plenty of jobs back there
but the perks of working for on government contracts outweigh the hassle of
traveling to places like this.” She smirked. “Besides, I’d say meeting up with
you was a pretty good perk too.” Colby laughed as he reached down and took a
curled lock of her hair in between his fingers.

“Ya know it’s funny, I was just talkin’ about getting’ a new
accountant for the ranch with my brother.”

“Oh?” Ruth asked. Colby nodded as he let go of the strand of
Ruth’s hair and backed up to sit in the armchair in the corner.

“Ended up havin’ to promise the woman a date before she’d
accept.” Ruth burst out laughing.

“Seriously?” Colby nodded.

“Yup.” Stretching his legs out in front of him, he crossed
his cowboy boots. “She’s got a husband so I ain’t too worried about that, but
still…she’s not my type.” Ruth looked surprised.

“Oh really?” She got up from her chair and walked over to
Colby. Spreading her legs, one on either side of his, she moved closer to him
until she was straddling his lower thighs. She leaned down, her mouth against
his ear. “And just what is your type?” Colby reached up and turned her face so
that their lips were almost touching.

“Do you really have to ask?” He pressed his mouth to hers
and Ruth felt herself melting in to him.

As Ruth pulled out of the kiss, she smiled at Colby.

“I suppose I don’t have to ask, no…” Colby winked at her.

“How about me and you go get somethin’ to eat? I don’t know
about you but I’m pretty damn hungry after our little ridin’ session.” Ruth’s
eyes lit up.

“Yes! I know the perfect place too. There’s a little hole in
the wall place I heard about from one of the guys I work with, apparently they
have the best potato salad you ever had.” Ruth eagerly hopped over Colby’s legs
and sat on the edge of the bed to pull on her own boots.

“Sounds good to me. As long as they have some kinda meat I’m
a happy man.” Ruth laughed.

“I’m pretty sure they will.”

The tables in the small restaurant were covered with brown
paper and on each table was a mason jar of crayons. Ruth already loved it.

“Just the two of you today?” A middle aged woman with fiery
red hair came walking towards them from the kitchen area.

“Yes ma’am!” Colby said as he tipped his hat. Ruth noticed
the red blush forming on the woman’s cheeks and couldn’t help but giggle.

“Right this way. Are y’all from around here?” She asked as
she led them over to a small booth in the corner. Ruth shook her head.

“No ma’am, I’m from Wyoming. He’s a little closer though,
out in Bigfork.” Ruth slid in to the booth.

“Oh really? I have a cousin lives down in Bigfork!” Colby
slid in to the booth across from Ruth. “You don’t happen to know Rita Dean do
you?” Colby shook his head slowly.

“No ma’am, I’m afraid not.” The woman looked saddened by
this but then shrugged.

“Ah well, it was a long shot anyway. Can I get y’all some
iced tea to start?” Colby nodded.

“Yes, please!” Ruth added.

The two watched as the redhead walked away and then Ruth
leaned over the table.

“Did you see how red her face went when you spoke to her?”
Colby looked clueless. “Seriously? You didn’t notice that?” Colby gave her sort
of a half-smile.

“I don’t really notice things like that unless it’s a pretty
girl.” Ruth raised an eyebrow.

“Do you run in to many pretty girls?” She asked. Colby knew
that this was one of those moments where he really should keep his mouth shut,
but instead he answered without thinking.

“Sometimes.” He said.

Ruth had been feeling a little bit guilty for the fact that
she intended to ditch Colby later that afternoon. She felt even guiltier that
she was ditching him to meet up with another guy, but now that he sat there
talking about other women, she started not to feel as bad. She knew that it was
petty, the man couldn’t help that he was gorgeous. Hell, women probably fell at
his feet with no encouragement on his part, but she was jealous all the same.

“You okay?” Colby asked. He took a sip from his iced tea.

“Yeah, I’m fine.” Ruth watched Colby drink down half the
glass of tea before he finally stopped. “I just…” She paused. “I have a thing I
have to go to this afternoon and I kind of wish I didn’t have to.”

“Then don’t?” Colby made everything sound so simple. Ruth
shook her head.

“I can’t do that, I promised I’d be there.” Colby nodded
slowly.

“Then I guess we are gonna have to make the most of our
afternoon together. What time do you have to be at this thing?” Ruth grimaced.

“In a couple of hours.”

“Well, we’d better eat fast so we can get back to your hotel
and have a little fun before you go…” The thought of sex with Colby again made
her ache. She had never had such an amazing orgasm as the one he’d given her
earlier. She wasn’t sure that she would be able to last two rounds with Colby
and have energy to play around with Wyatt though.

“I don’t know about that, you wore me out pretty good. I
don’t think I’d be able to walk if we did that again…” She grinned at Colby and
he chuckled.

“Sorry about that, I couldn’t help myself.” Colby said.

“Oh, I’m not saying it was a bad thing! I’m just saying that
we might have to wait until the next time we meet up for there to be a repeat
performance?” Colby smiled at her.

“So there is gonna be a next time?”

After dinner Colby and Ruth had wandered through the streets
of the small town for a little while until Ruth said that she should really get
back to her hotel. Reluctantly he had walked her back up to her room where he
had tried one more time for a repeat performance. Ruth had laughed but insisted
that they wait until next time, so Colby had ended up leaving with only
memories of their first encounter.

As he maneuvered the country roads on his way back to the
ranch, he wondered whether Wyatt’s lady friend would be there when he got home.
He knew full well that Wyatt would be irritated that he’d come home early, but
Colby wasn’t about to just hang out somewhere for the sake of not wanting to
irritate his brother. He had things he could be doing back at the ranch.

The sun began to fall as Colby drove home and the bright
orange reflection in his mirror made him squint. Out of stubbornness he didn’t
want to reach up and readjust the rear view mirror, but finally when it became
more than he could bare, he reached up. Just as he was about to flip the mirror
however, he caught sight of a car behind him. He couldn’t make out the driver,
but just the car’s presence was unusual. Out of all the times he had driven
this route, he’d only ever seen one or two cars during the trip. He couldn’t
put his finger on why, but this one seemed out of place. He flipped the mirror
and looked back to the road. Every few seconds he would look up and check to
see if the car was still there.

After fifteen minutes of driving, Colby was certain that
something strange was going on. The car was still far enough behind him that he
couldn’t see the driver, but now he was sure that whoever it was, was following
him. He contemplated pulling over to let the car past, but then he was left with
the problem of what if the car stopped with him? He had no weapon, no means of
defending himself. He decided to drive the remaining few minutes to the ranch
instead. At least then, if whoever it was followed him he could lean on the
horn for Wyatt’s help.

Just before the turn off for the ranch, the car behind him
turned off. Colby chuckled at his paranoia despite the lingering feeling of
uneasiness in the pit of his stomach.

“Why the hell would anyone be followin’ you anyway, you
idiot!” He chastised himself as he approached his own exit. He’d be glad to get
back home and crack open a cold beer.

When he pulled in to the long dirt road leading up to the
ranch, Colby was prepared to see a car outside the house. He was surprised to
find nothing except Wyatt’s truck parked in its usual spot. He hoped for his
brother’s sake that the girl hadn’t cancelled on him.

“Hey, bro?” Wyatt called as he walked through the front
door.

“Colby?” Wyatt came walking down the long hallway, still
buttoning up his white shirt. “I thought you were stayin’ out late?” Colby
shook his head.

“Turns out she had a prior engagement…” Colby untucked his
brother’s shirt. “But I promise to stay out of your way…she is still comin’
isn’t she?”

“Yeah,” Wyatt tucked his shirt back in with a disdainful
glance at Colby, “she should be here any minute, so hurry up and get outta
here!” Wyatt shooed Colby away as he made an effort to untuck his shirt once
again. “Would you quit? I don’t wanna look like some guy who doesn’t know how
to dress himself. I’m twenty eight, not eighteen!” Colby shook his head.

“Whatever you say, but it makes you look uptight.” Colby
made his way to the kitchen to grab a beer. If he was going to spend the night
keeping out of the way then he was at least going to have a beer while he did
it.

As he opened the fridge, Colby caught sight of the chicken
drumsticks they had barbecued the night before. He pulled up the plastic wrap
and grabbed one and grabbed a beer in his other hand. Standing at the kitchen
island he bit in to the chicken.

“Are you serious?” Wyatt appeared in the doorway.

“What?! I’m hungry!” Colby took another bite of the chicken.
“I’ll just be a minute, then I’ll disappear and you won’t see me again for the
rest of the night.” Wyatt sighed.

“Well hurry up would you? She’s gonna be here in a minute.”
Just as Wyatt said this there came a knock on the front door. He glared at
Colby one last time before heading back down the hallway.

“Hi!” A female voice echoed off the tile floor in the foyer.

“Hi, you must be Ruth, come on in!” Wyatt said. Colby froze.

“I’m so sorry I’m late, I took the wrong turn off the main
road and ended up in the middle of nowhere!” Colby listened from the kitchen.
There was something awfully familiar about that voice.

Wyatt led Ruth in to the living room.

“Please make yourself at home, can I get you something to
drink?” Ruth nodded.

“If you have some ice tea that would be great!”

“Sure!” As Wyatt turned around to fetch Ruth her iced tea,
he saw Colby standing in the doorway with a puzzled look on his face. Wyatt
looked at him angrily.

“Aren’t you gonna introduce me to your date, big brother?”
As Colby spoke Ruth looked up and noticed him standing there.

“Oh…” She couldn’t find the words to say anything else.

“Fine,” Wyatt said, “Ruth, this is my brother Colby. Colby,
this is Ruth.” Colby tipped his hat.

“Well, it’s mighty fine to meet you again Ruth.” Wyatt
frowned at his brother.

“Again?” He looked back at Ruth and then to Colby. “What do
you mean again?” Colby looked at Ruth expectantly.

“I think Ruth here has a little explainin’ to do.” Ruth
stood up.

“I’m sorry, I should probably go…” Wyatt shook his head.

“Uh, I’d like an explanation first.” Ruth sat back down.

“Would you all at least sit down first? Please?” She asked.
Colby and Wyatt both did as she asked. Even with the potential of betrayal the
brothers couldn’t resist the voluptuous brunette. “So I got messages from both
of you on the same day and…”

“Wait, wait, wait…” Wyatt interrupted her. “You got messages
from both of us?” Ruth nodded. Wyatt looked over at Colby. “You messaged her
too?” Colby nodded. He wasn’t going to tell Wyatt how he came about Ruth’s
information though, he thought it better if his brother thought it had been a
chance thing.

“So I got messages from both of you on the same day and
since I was coming up here anyway…well, I thought I’d meet up with both of
you.” She shrugged gently. “Big girls don’t usually get the good looking
cowboys and when both of you wrote to me I thought I’d hit the jackpot. I figured
a first date with both of you couldn’t hurt anyway, I mean what if Colby
absolutely hated me…or what if he didn’t show up?” Wyatt scratched his
forehead.

“So if you’re here now I take it things didn’t go well with
Colby?” She hesitated before answering.

“Actually…things went really well with Colby, but I didn’t
want to stand you up.” Wyatt’s heart dropped.

“Oh…”

“No, I mean…” Ruth bit her lip as she contemplated her next
move. “I mean, I like Colby. I like him a lot, but I also like you.” Her eyes
darted between the two brothers. I know it was wrong of me to see both of you
on the same day but I was hoping it would help me to make a decision. Now that
I’m here with the both of you though, I’m more confused than ever.”

As Colby watched Ruth speak, he couldn’t take his eyes off
her heaving breasts. He couldn’t stop thinking about how they had hung so low
as she bent down to strip for him. The more he thought about them, the more he
began to wonder if two first dates in the same day was such a major offense.

“So, what happens now?” Wyatt said as he watched Ruth biting
down on her bottom lip nervously. She shrugged.

“I’m not really sure?”

“Well, do you like my brother?” She nodded. “Then that’s
settled.” Wyatt stood up.

“Wait…I like you too.” Ruth said meekly. Wyatt turned back
to her with a loud sigh.

“And what do you expect me to do with that? You can’t date
both of us and you met up with Colby first.”

“Why not?” She asked.

“Why not, what?” Wyatt said.

“Why can’t I date both of you?” Wyatt scratched his forehead
again.

“Well for starters, we’re brothers.” Wyatt glanced over at
Colby who seemed to be too busy staring at Ruth’s breasts to have any opinion
on the matter.

“I’m not asking you to date each other?” Ruth said, knowing
that she was taking a big risk.

“I don’t think it’s that bad of an idea.” Colby snapped out
of his breast induced hypnotism. Wyatt turned to look at him in amazement.

“What?” He said.

“I said, I don’t think it’s that bad of an idea. I mean it’s
not like we’re getting married or anythin’. Not yet anyway, it’s just a few
dates.” Wyatt looked completely bewildered.

“I have always wanted to be with two brothers at once
though…” Ruth grinned at Colby and Colby couldn’t help grinning back.

“Oh boy.” Wyatt shook his head.

Seeing his reluctance, Ruth got up and went over to Wyatt,
her breasts pressed up against his side as she planted a hand on his chest.

“It could be fun…you in my pussy, his cock in my mouth?”
Wyatt was speechless. He had never dreamed of doing anything like that with his
brother, but he had to admit that the thought of being with Ruth made his cock
ache.

“I don’t…” He began. Ruth slid her hand down his chest and
rubbed his cock through his jeans.

“You don’t what?” She said.

“I don’t…umm…” Wyatt gulped, he couldn’t remember what his
objections had been anymore. Not now that her palm was teasing him through the
denim of his jeans.

“She is one hell of a woman.” Colby added as he watched Ruth
trying to seduce his brother.

“I have no doubt about that…but…Jesus, Colby! Do you know
what she’s asking us to do?” Colby watched Ruth pressing her tits against his
brother and he nodded.

“It’s not like she’s asking us to do it to each other…”

“See…” Ruth pressed her lips up against Wyatt’s ear. “Your
brother is up for a little adventure. Whaddya say? Do you want to play a little
too?” Her warm breath against his ear made Wyatt want her more than anything.
He nodded his head.